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Wednesday, March 29, 2017

Marcie's Maze

Design board set up
I had purchased 20 pieces of fabric and cut it into 2 1/2" strips for a course that was being offered by a local quilt shop.  Unfortunately, it was cancelled at the very last minute on 2 occasions (urrrgh!!) and so I was left with 40 jelly roll strips.
Quilt in nature

The fabric was from the Moda Chic Neutral collection and was one I really liked.  I decided to make another project, but it would require another jelly roll.  I wanted fabric to be from the same collection. But, since it had been out for a while, it was nearly impossible to find any additional fabric to enable me to make a large quilt.  Luckily I found Dinkydoo, an online fabric store at the time, in British Columbia that had a jelly roll of this line.   If you are not familiar with this store, check them out.  They have lots of fabric choice and daily deals :) They are also opening a bricks and mortar shop in Pitt Meadows if you happen to be in the area.

Quilt design is an original design by a local long arm quilter.




The pattern for this quilt was Marcie's Maze Quilt Pattern by Mack and Mabel which I ordered online.   A fun quilt to make and directions were easy to follow.  Lots of sizes available for this quilt pattern as well.  This one turned out to be the biggest quilt I have ever made - 93" x 110" !!

This quilt was made for my daughter's 10th wedding anniversary.




Thursday, March 16, 2017

Bit of a Challenge

Here's is Quilt #3 for Victoria's Quilts for this year.  I decided to try to use as much of the contributed fabric as I could for the next Victoria's Quilt I was going to make. 

I chose a main fabric and went with that for colors.  As it turned out, even with my stash I couldn't quite get it to come together.

So, a trip to the quilt store - Mad About Patchwork - was required.  It wasn't a hardship that's for sure - I love quilt store visits.  

I was looking for some fabric that would work with what I had.  Once again, Katy came to the rescue and found  the brown and lilac fabrics.  

Not sure if this block has a special name, but I'm calling it Square in a Square.

This is a tied quilt (not my favorite finishing method) but in the need for expediency, I went with that.


Thursday, March 2, 2017

Black and White Quilt





I have always wanted to make a black and white quilt. My opportunity came when I picked up some material from my local Victoria's Quilt group.   I saw some prints that I could work with.  

Now sometimes when I use material from the group, it may be hard to match. But this one worked out well.  I included several prints from my own stash and purchased some other prints as well.  And voila, another quilt is made.

This quilt is tied, but I prefer finishing my quilts with machine quilting. 

Not sure the name of this pattern, but I like the look and the yellow stripe down the center of each block makes it pop.  

                             
 

As Victoria's Quilts has asked for more quilts that would be more suitable for men, I thought this one would fit the bill.